om ajnana timirandhasya jnananjana salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri guruve namaha
nama om visnu padaya krsna prestaya bhutale
srimate jayapataka swami iti namine
nomo acarya padaya nitai kripa pradayine
guara katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
Guru Maharaja, I am totally unqualified to glorify you. How can I, an insignificant conditioned soul, even understand your glories? You are a pure devotee of the Lord, an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya, who has come down to execute the Lord's mission. It is by your mercy that I, along with thousands of my godbrothers and godsisters, have received the seed of bhakti and are attempting to nurture it. While I have a deep desire to understand a drop of your unlimited glories; I am also very grateful that I have an opportunity to associate with you and serve you in Sridhama Mayapur. Srila Prabhupada says in his purport to SB 1.2.16: "The servants of God come to propagate God consciousness, and intelligent people should cooperate with them in every respect. By serving the servant of God, one can please God more than by directly serving the Lord. " Guru Maharaja, I am certainly foolish and have no clue how to cooperate with a pure devotee like you. Kindly bless me that I always be given the intelligence to understand your mind and act in a way that you and Srila Prabhupada will always be pleased with me.
Guru Maharaja, you have always lead from the front, and have tirelessly kept the path back to Godhead lit up even in through the darkest moments of material existence. Even as the world is battling a great epidemic today, I see how you have, by your guidance and instructions, helped your followers stay anchored and protected in the boat of Krishna consciousness. I feel great comfort, solace and hope in your presence, in your instructions - not just for myself, but for the whole world. Thank you for constantly reminding us the power of the holy name and keeping us chanting constantly.
My dearest father, your mercy is the only treasure I have. Whatever I have today is simply alms I have received out of your deep compassion for me. I find myself incapable of reciprocating even a fraction of your love. I am simply trying my best to follow your instructions - to chant, follow the principles of sadhana bhakti, cooperate with devotees, preach especially to our future generation - but I know every one of these attempts is woefully imperfect and inadequate. Yet, I can only pray that I be given the strength to keep going, and to keep trying to please you, without whose service I'd be hopelessly lost. Please continue to engage me in the dhama, and give me the strength and mercy to purify myself and advance in spiritual life. Please eternally keep me in your shelter.
Your fallen daughter,
Purnesvari Radha Devi Dasi